The Austrian government says 60 of the 260 imams in the country are being investigated, of whom 40 belong to ATIB, an Islamic organisation in Austria close to the Turkish government.

"Parallel societies, political Islam and radicalisation tendencies have no place in our country," said Chancellor Kurz on Friday.

What prompted the crackdown?

The Gallipoli re-enactment performance took place in a Vienna mosque reported to be run by ATIB.

The WW1 battle, one of the last victories of the Ottoman Empire, stopped Allied forces reaching its capital, Constantinople.

Austrian media report (in German) that the child actors played dead and were covered with Turkish flags.

Separately, Austrian public broadcaster ORF says photos of children doing the Turkish nationalist Grey Wolves greeting came from a mosque in Vienna's Favoriten district run by the Grey Wolves, a group with branches in several countries.

The government is dissolving an organisation called the Arab Religious Community. Six of the mosques targeted for closure are run by it: three in Vienna, two in Upper Austria and one in Carinthia.

In neighbouring Germany, police have been probing links between certain imams and the Turkish state, which funds a Muslim organisation called Ditib.

The Austrian authorities have been working with a Muslim community body called IGGÖ to identify mosques and imams suspected of radical Islamist or nationalist connections.How bad are Austria-Turkey relations?

They have soured significantly in recent years.

Mr Kurz's election campaign last year drew heavily on anxiety about immigration and the integration of Muslims. His conservative People's Party (ÖVP) formed a coalition government with the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ).

Mr Kurz wants the EU to break off Turkey's EU membership negotiations - a stance that has angered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

In May 2017 that anger led Turkey to veto Nato's co-operation with Austria. The move disrupted Nato's partnership activities with 41 countries. Turkey is a key player in Nato operations.

President Erdogan's ruling AK Party has roots in political Islam and espouses traditional Muslim values.

He is campaigning for re-election, and both Austria and Germany are wary of his political influence in their Turkish communities.

The governments in Austria and other Central European countries - Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland - want to restrict Muslim immigration to Europe.

There is friction between them and Germany, which took in about one million mainly Muslim asylum seekers in 2015.

Turkey is housing more than three million Syrian refugees and says the EU is not doing enough to help.

Unfortunately, the radical Islamist groups appear to have infiltrated most countries, even if it is (at this stage) just small pockets of them! But new arrivals, along with the "recruitment drives" that are happening everywhere, means that the "tolerant, assimilating people" of Islam will just keep on gaining footholds in their targeted countries. It's not unlike a cancer that sends its tendrils throughout areas, reinforcing the original first landing zone, so to speak. By the time that a person notices the problem, they'll have spread so far, that you will never get them all, meanwhile they are developing at an alarming rate, to the point that they will be the dominant ruling group, and why? Because we ignored them until it's now too late! The spread is irreversible and they will win! Just do the maths! They divide us as they themselves multiply!

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Live as if the world were as it should be, to show how it could be.If what we do doesn't matter, then the only thing that mattersis what we do.

Do not see to many mainstream religions stabbing murdering endemic raping etc around our way Or just diffrent in QLD Bill Seems to be a perk for thge boys more so with the M people They All have done it to some degree Google Evil bible horrendous stuff

Before we make sweeping generalisations about all religions Bill, let's look at the reason behind the actions of the Austrian government.

"Parallel societies, political Islam and radicalisation tendencies have no place in our country," said Chancellor Kurz on Friday.

Your post about paedophile priests, as abhorrent as their actions are, contributes nothing to any discussion about the main story.

"Parallel societies" is about a group failing to assimilate and integrate. While the majority of Muslims in Australia successfully become part of our society/community, there are areas in Australia (Lakemba by all accounts) where the problems experienced in parts of Europe are mirrored.

"Political Islam" is evident in many Muslim countries suchj as Saudi Arabia. Indonesia is trying, but struggling, to contain the political pressures of Islam. Turkey, under President Erdogan, is actively embracing Islam as the basis of its political base.

"Radicalisation" needs no further discussion as it is this aspect of Islamic extremism that has resulted in terrorism attacks and the mistrust of Muslims in general by many members of Western countries.

It is nothing to do with "Islamophobia". "Racism" or "Muslim bashing." It is about a section of Islam that has openly expressed the desire to rule the world.

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“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

“All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.” - John Wooden

"Not just their places of worship either - but also their schools, orphanages, disability service providers, aged care facilities etc."

Finally something I agree with Bill, but then its a joke?

"Just joking Michael - We know that's not going to happen eh."

Your sarcasm is not funny at all Bill.

GARY DOWSETT, NOW INFAMOUS FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER, LATROBE UNIVERSITY "SAFE SCHOOLS COALITION" DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PEDOPHILE ADVOCATE AND DEFENDER.THIS MAN IS INVOLVED IN THE AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS. HE INFLUENCES CHILDRENS LIVES EVERYDAY TO THE POINT OF CONFESSED DISASSOCIATION. YET A LABOR GREENS GOVERNMENT WANTS MORE...

How is 'socialism' working for the victims? Do any progressives give a toss? Gary Dowsett must 'love' progressives they have been his closest allies. The world is becoming 'progressively' sicker!

He cited an article by Dr Dowsett, published when he was a school teacher in 1982, in which he recounted having “a friend, a pedophile, who is working very hard on making sense out of his relationships with boys”.

“These relations consist of, among other things, a large amount of nurture and support for these boys, a real caring for their welfare and growth,” he wrote in journal Gay Information.

“We have three legal/social questions to win: custody rights for gay men and lesbians; the legal right of pedophiles and their young lovers; and, finally, the sexual rights of children as a whole. Those gains must be won for the kids, too. We need to protect the youthful partners in pedophilia against the legal and social management systems which treat them as delinquents.”

Dr Dowsett wrote that many mothers and fathers found their children “sexual” and activities such as cuddling, bathing and breastfeeding “generate sexual responses in their parents”.

“How different, then, is that gentle, tentative sexuality between parent and child from the love of a pedophile and his/her lover?” he wrote. “From all accounts, and from many academic studies — some worse than others — that kind of love, warmth, support and nurture is an important part of the pedophilic relationship.”